[Boatanchors] GB> Re: WRNO's transmitter.

[Robert Nickels]

Sandy wrote:
>
> For a long time after the Harris rig went down, he tried getting on 
> the 40 meter frequency with a Johnson Valiant driving some Henry 
> amplifiers!  After the Henry amplifiers went kaput, he used just the 
> Johnson Valiant by itself. I repaired it 2-3 times.  Worst was using a 
> very large ferrite balun to try and match a 50 ohm transmitter outpu 
> to whatever impedance the log periodic was!  It was a big "jury rig"!!
>
Great stuff, Sandy - please share any other recollections you may have.  
The article did mention "having tried Henry RF power amplifiers without 
full success"  - so that explains what they were trying to do - running 
ham gear as AM linears for hours on end!  Also the CCA engineers had 
some real challenges maintaining a good match to that balun when 
switching frequencies.     By the way, the two engineers interviewed 
were Larry Thom and Chris Baum, if those names happen to ring a bell.

73, Bob W9RAN